Join us at the Virginia Beach Conference Center, December 7-9 for the VSTE Annual Conference! Come visit our booth for a hands-on demonstration with the new immersive 3D classroom technology, zSpace. For more information, visit: http://www.des.com/event/vste-2014-conference/ Here’s a preview: Featured Partners

Afinia Receives MAKE: Distinction for 3rd Year in a Row The Afinia H480 was named as “Reliable Performer” in Make: Magazine’s “Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2015.” The Afinia is also included in their top 10 3D printers (out of the 26 tested). In recent years, the machine has also been awarded “Best Overall Experience,”

Grace Metz Middle School, Manassas, VA, was recently featured in the August-September 2014 of The Pitsco Network, published by Pitsco Education. The article, entitled “Seven Modules, Two Stories” highlights the school’s use of a Pitsco Module lab to support middle school Science classes, the student score gains they have experienced, and the methods they used

Afinia is offering FREE 3D Printing Curriculum with machines purchased through DES! Starting in August, Afinia will be including a FREE download of 3DVinci’s “Modeling with SketchUp for 3D Printing” by Bonnie Roskes with all new machines purchased from Diversified Educational Systems, Inc. This offer is exclusively available through Afinia’s Authorized Educational Resellers, and is

DES is proud to announce our new partnership zSpace, the cutting edge 3D Immersive Learning tool. zSpace offers 3D augmented reality experiences for Science, Technology and Engineering topics, with more on the way. Please take 2 minutes to watch the video below on how zSpace changed one school: Featured Partners

Afinia is excited to announce the next generation of its award winning H-Series 3D Printer: The Afinia H480. With the added features of Auto-Leveling Platform Calibration and Nozzle Height Detection, the easiest Desktop 3D printer to use just got easier! The Auto-Leveling Feature makes calibrating the build platform easier than ever! – Compensates for warped

We’re happy to announce the release of Pitsco’s NEW 3D Printing Curriculum, featuring the Afinia 3D printer! This curriculum is designed for three-weeks of class time, and students begin by learning engineering and rapid prototyping processes and seeing how the 3-D printer operates. Then, they work in teams to design their own battery-operated car, using